Sea level rise and development threaten Florida panther habitat. New projections show 11 percent of remaining South Florida habitat could disappear by 2040.

Measurements of coastal sea-level height around the world may be higher than scientists previously thought, according to new ...

A new study published in Nature has found that sea levels along the world’s coastlines are already significantly higher than the majority of scientific assessments have assumed. The finding, which ...

Global coastal sea levels are on average 1 foot higher than previously assumed, a new report finds, raising alarms the world ...

A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot.

Oceans are rising as the climate changes, threatening coastal cities. A new study shows that much more of the world's population is vulnerable than earlier predictions had estimated.

A new study found that many of our predictions on sea-level rise have been predicated on inaccurate starting numbers. In many ...

Coral reefs over the past 12,000 years grew best when the ocean temperature was 77 degrees Fahrenheit (25 degrees Celsius), ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A team of researchers is giving a peek into a scary future. According to the Chester Standard, a map ...

Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of people face losing their homes to rising waters earlier than expected ...

A widely used method to calculate sea level rise may have missed up to a century of change, so the risks could hit home for millions sooner than thought.